I've been waiting to write the obituary for the White House (or Whitehouse to some), the last of the neighborhood's SROs at 338 Bowery. There's a long history at this four-story building erected in 1916 that's now serving as a hostel as well as a permanent home for a handful of low-income residents... The building’s owner, Metro Sixteen, is affiliated with the hotel developer Sam Chang. Their plans:
demolish the White House and replace it with a nine-story hotel.
And
this item at Curbed today makes me think the end will be here sooner rather than later:
A Curbed tipster notes, housing court hearings for remaining residents — many of whom are in pretty rough shape — are something of a regular occurrence.
Previously on EV Grieve:
White House blues[Photo
via Curbed]
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